The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, February 17, 1886, Image 5

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The Press and Banner Wednesday, Feb. 17, 1886. i , .??? . I A Bubo in the Wood. Last Monday cveuing the dead body of a I new-born male child was found i.nder a cedar j "tree, in a secluded place, about one mile from | Abbeville Court House, where it had been j born only a few hours before. 'J he children of Jake White, a colored man In the neighborhood, discovered it, and he j reported the fact to Mr. J. S. Hammond, thej intendant of the town, who instructed White :to take care of it until next morning, when in*1 coroner wouiu uu imumu, , CoronerSliillito empanelled a jury yesfer-l {lay morning to enquire into tfce cause of ttie j xieath of the child. | iiJr.?. Mabry & llill were summoned as ex-1 pert witnesses, who examined the body, re-1 moving the lungs, and upon examination tlie | Doctors were satisfied that the child had been ! "born alive. The congestion of the lungs iudi-| fated that it must have been smothered, perhaps by the discarded garment of the mother) Iu which it was wrapped. No marks of vio-j lence were found upon itsbedy. The Doctors j are of opinion that it eould not have been j born earlier than .Sunday night. A person j who saw it Monday night thought It had been born only a few hours before. The body was that of a mature child, remarkable for its beauty, and in a state of perfect preservation. No clue as to who the mother is, has been discovered, and as yet suspicion rests upon no one. The affair Is clothed in myste- : ry. Yesterday evening it furnished a theme : for corner loafers. None, save the All-seeing Kye, can know the anguish of body and < mind which that mother has endured andji will endure because of the life and death of , that child. It is pitiful. It is .pitiful indeed. The question as to which race the child belonged being unsettled, the question as to , where it should be buried was raised. As a , compromise. Intendent Hammond ordered | .Marshal Kirb.v to bury it on the edge of a private colored bucving ground on his farm. The body was placed in a common small goods box. without aiv.v preparation, when one of the street hands put it under his arm, and carried it to thc placc assigned, when Mr. ' Kirby saw the interment. ] ~ , < V OII n 1 ICUina The case of John Eh Ellis against Junius C. .Martin, administrator of the estate of Wil- < liam Robertson, deceased, wns veutillatod ad \ nnuxenm. This involved a bill against fhe estate of deceased for services and attention during his last illness. Robertson was taken siek on his way from Abbeville Court House, .and rested by tfce wayside. Unable to go further he was taken to the house of the plain "tiff, where he remained until he died the next night. His illness was of a very disa- ' greeable nature. For services aud injury to < property, Mr. Kills hrought suit f<?r S150. The jury thought 530 would i-ompensate him. Col. ? E. B. Gary for plaintiff, Messrs. Gray don & ; Graydon for defendant. ( The remainder of Monday was taken up in ] hearing dilatory motions. On Tuesday the Court hoard the case of Cooley <t Williams against David C. Cooley, ! which occupied nearly all tlie day. This was ' one of those pleasant suits which come between father and sou, and in which the par- ' lies differ widely as to the state ot the facts. Unexpected witnesses turned the scale and ] the jury pave a verdict for the defendant. I Col E. B. Murray, of Anderson, for plaintiff 5 Messrs. Graydon it Graydon for defendant. I Messrs. Kobertson. Taylor ?fc Co. obtained Indgrrient against Smith<t Hodees for a sum like S2,00<>. Col. E. B. Gary for defendant. ] Messrs. Graydon it Graydon for plaintiir. The Court is now engaged on the case of J. T. Solomon against A. M. Hill & Sons. The 'question involved is the soundness or un- , soundness of a hor=e. Mes?vs. Bonham & Carson for plalntitf. Colonel E. B. Gary for dePendant. Beautiful Quilt. The most beautiful quilt to be seen Rn.v ! where is at the store of Messrs. Bell it Gal* * ,,f' ' * i M if <1'u ronul . pnin. )fenmuvtr.vvHi,i wiwni leet the word, but we believe the ladles ' describe It as un "embroidered quilt," 'we add- ! iuc that it is the craziest of Hie crazy kind, 1 with flcures, shapesand combinations so bewi Iderinuly beautiful as to paralyze the eye I <?f the beholder and strike him dumb with ] admiration. This scribe hud theirood fortune i 'to have some of the beauties and attractions of this superb fliiilt pointed out. to him in person by the fairest <?f the adorable ; divinities, nnd this fact lent an Additional charm to that which was before Indescribably beautiful. We at once "took a chance" sit that quilt on condition that. Mr. II. I). Iteese ne not allowed to have a "chance." He always wins at every ruffle. As a matter of l special favor to them a few other of our < younsr men will be allowed to hav?? a chance at thelovellestqulltin the town. Callai Speed ( Neuffer's and see the quilt. Funny Fire. , Messrs. Hell <0 Gaipliin have a sfove In their j store, the pipe of which passes through I)r. MarsuiU's back piazza up stairs to the roof, i The top joints df'the pipe fell off Monday ( morning, and the sparks from the stove went 'llytne akainst the'ceilinsr, and. for a while a big tire seemed imminent. As soon as possi- < ble somebody ran with buckets of water ' which was promptly poured down the mouth of the Hue. At that time the ladies in the i store were sitting: near thestove perfectly unconscious of dancer. When the water came . into the siove, put o-.it the fire and ran on the floor they did not know whether an earth ciuaKO orac.vcione ram kitocr mui t"t-i.n>u m the world. Except, the little damage done by -soot and water. no ftirtlier harm was done < than to give the ladies a shocking surprise. Good Xcwn for the Teachers. "We learn from the cashier of the National < Bank at Abbeville that our wide-awake and over thoughtful School Commissioner, George C. Hodges, has made arrancemenls with the bank to have the pay certificates of teachers cashed at the lea?t possible discount?one per < cent, a month. For instance: the discount in February Would he eight per cent.; in March, seven per cent, and so on down. This will, 'in the aseregate, save to the teachers a larze amount of money. We believe the lowest price at which- these papers have been heretofore shaved has been ten per cent. ofT, no matter how near the day for the collection of taxes. Let the bank and the School Commissioner be thanked. . Cotton Without Gnano. Mr. J. D.'Miller, of Long Cane, nr.ade about 1 seventy bates of cotton this year without the u<e of a'pound of comfnerclal fertilizers. He ' .gathered the manures about his place and composted his cotton seed. I-Ie made about 1 seven bales'to the horse. The result is, that } he owes nothing on it, and he now holds the greater paft of his crop for better prices. I "Short Quotations." ' Very many of our exchanges have made w handsome notices of the book of "Short Quo- j \ txtions" Just issued by 1'rof. Geo. C. Hodges. His book has met With ereat favor. Each of j. our children should have a copy. It incnl-11 iUft m/\cf trh/tlACAnin IflCCOnC OTlfl fr i V' Oil I * the mind the most active exercise.' ?. 1 Speed A Xcuffer's Store. 1 Thls-store has been ?o much beautified and oh:\ng<'d of late that it is difficult to recocrnize 1 the old place. Its pleasing appearance is de- s lightful to the eye, and nssuring to the pur- i chaser that all that may be wanted is there in ]' the greatest abundance, and in the highest de- < gree of nurity. Co 11 at their store and photograph the place In your mind. t School Exhibition. 1 Professor Archer requests us to say that * there will be a public exercise In his school on Friday at nalf past twelve o'clock, to which the friends and patrons of the school ] are invited. The school children will givefpx- i orcises in dialogues, recitations, sintrintr. and I i?o forth. An enjoyable occasion may be ex- I pected. I In there to be Another Lecture on 1 Journalism in South Carolina ? 1 The Solictor and counsel for the State has ; been served with notice in the Ferguson case of a motion before Judge Witherspoon for a writ of habeas corpus. Colonel Orr will prob-J] ably be present at the hearing of the motion. | The Oat Crop. The belief is general that the oat crop In < this county has been entirely killed out nnd ' many farmers are sowing another crop. The 1 demand for seed was never greater thnn at i present, nnd the supply small indeed. Prices i ranging from 65 to 70 cents a bushel. i Of Course. j Sheriff Hood, who killed the negro Good In the Chester Jail on Monday of lust week. waN arrested bv Coroner Murphy and tnken be- ilore Chief Justice Simpson at Columbia,1; whnr? li? was released on ball. < > ' Abbeville Prices. Meat 6l<e., meal and corn erain sugar ! V4c. Freleht to Donalds and Hodges 12 cents i per hundred pounds on meat. Abbeville w holesalc Store. Doctors In the country who may need whisky for their patient on Sundays for medical purpospsshould give their messengers aj, written order for it, as the bar-keepers cannot, retail spirits on Sunday without a medical | prescription. We mention this because a doc-i "tor from th*> country Font here lastSnnday for i whisky without the order. The result was :' that a local phyeician ernvo the order, for the simple reason that, he did not like to take the 1 responsibility of denying whiskey which it 1 was alleged, was for a sick person some fifteen miles in the country. Messrs. R. M. TTADno:c & Co. are painting and fixing up their store in the most elegant! style. Large plate glass have been put in the ! windows; the front has been beautifully : painted, and handsome lettering on the wall 1 indicate the name of the owner and the ; pla'*e where the choicest goods may be had to tKlorn tlie female 1'orru divine. 1 Removal of Furniture Store. Messrs. J. IX Chalmers & Co. are just getting their stock of furniture straightened out in their elegant new store room under the New IIotcL Their stork is large and varied, audi t hey hnve some choice goods too, all of which j they ofTer for sale at short profits. Call and look-at their goods. Rev. Mr.Bkthea, the Methodist preacher ( on the Ai>beviile Circuit, has been mistaking the editor of the press and JJanncr for the Presbyterian tninisterat Abbeville. We were not aware of his mistake until lie asked us about onr congregation last night. After several ineffectual eltbrts to And out some- j thing on the subject, the idea dawned on us j that lie was mistaken, and we explained that! we were not a preacher but a printer. Judge Witherspoox is stopping at the | New Hotel, where we think it well lor public1 officers to put up. The Judge when at the ho-j tel can he seen without intruding on the pri-j vaey of a private house. Lawyers who have! business with him at Chambers find it more) convenient. When a public officer comes to town and puts up with his friends, he is inaccessible to the public and his visit is merely a social or e to friends. Chancy Arnold, who cut Gus Walker, enmo j in on last Wednesday and surrendered him- : .n nrolimin- ! sen. lruii .1 uniict utiiiuun ... , nry examination at which evidence, sullicient|, to refer the case to a higher court, was given; in. The parties afterward effected a com pro-; inise, Arnold pay 1 nsr ;i II costs, doctor's and I, counsel's fees, amounting to S10. Arnold I turned over the amount and the ease has J been stopped. Wilmam Edward McCpmrs, aged 21 years, J j ,?on of William McCombs,died on thelOth in- j stanf, Ho was the subject of tits, and his;1 mind was much impaired. A large number U ot sympathizing friends ai tended the funeral i services, which were conducted by the Rev.' 1 J. 0. Lindsay, P. D.. at tiis father's house, and i the body was buried at Greenville church. ] President Vkrdery of the A. <fc K. Railroad, and Joseph Ganahl, Esq.. of Augusta, j< ure in town looking after some railroad suits ^ to be tried In Court to-day. Colonel John C. j t Haskell of Columbia, and Maj. W. T. Gary of j J Augusta, are to be here this evening to at- J tend to some other railroad suits. J t Tiie Messrs. Ivlngh at Coronaca own onej of the mills in upper South Carolina, andh they are of the business lirms to be found i iin.vwhere. If we had more such enterprising j < itigens, our county would nourish like a i J jreen bay tree by the water's edge. I 1 Mrs. R. W. Lites of Troy died last week. j ?he was a most excellent lady, who was great- J ly beloved by nil who knew her. She was a I? :onsistent member of the Associate Reform- : ;d church, and adorned the life of a true ihristian. ' Messrs. Hetx <fc {;at,phin are offering ^ 'ome splendid bargains in splendid goods, rhey have the best <<t' goods, and their prices : ire so low that their customers have not the conscience to "jew" them on any thing. Co lone i, James Edward Cai.houjt, ihc J eldest and richest, man in the county, paid lis resoccts to the Prats ami liunner yester lay. The Coloner has all the vivacity 01 a ; much younger man. J Gfn\ R. R. Hemphill, with his mother, ( uid two of his little children, went toCharles:<>n on Tuesday. Mrs. Hemphill eocs on a irisit to her sot). Major J. C. Hemphill, of the Xew.t and Courier. S. C. Cason, agent for the Insurance company which held a policy on Mr'. Gus Rlchey's louse, settled the loss yesterday by paying ?l,290. The policy was for SI,590. We get this ;< from Mr. Richey. Mk. Cx.AnF.nce Winstock, as elever a roungas can be found anywhere, was in Abbeville last week. He hails from Philadelphia whore liis mcther located after she loft .Vbbeville. We learn that the A. R. P. congregation at Troy are having extensive repairs made on their church and when completed it will present a very handsome appearance. , Pr. Nei'ffek's card may be Jound in!) anoiher column, and he may be found in one j J nf the nicest drug stores in America, ready to11 give the sick his best attention. 11 The auction at. Qnarles A Thomas' store , 3ommenced yesterday mornlnz, and will con-1 tinne this mornins. Mr. Smith, the assignee,! is determined to sell. jj The Secretary of the State Bar Association i j Pas furnished the News and Courier with aj< list of appointments appertaining to that As- j soriation. ; The wants of the jury were supplied by the ' < New Hotel during the progress of the trial [J kvhich consumed the whole of last week. j < TT . nmlillnru llllf! Iiof f^r IdOk Ollt,- ! ? Jvr.nouuu pv.\iuivi?7 "v%w. ? . The County ('6mtnl?i?l?nere have an item \ elsewhere in this paper for their benefit. Mr. LkRoy C. Wilson, nu nged and high- , ly respectable citizen of thit county, is in an ,, ixceedingly critical condition. j , The Auditor advertises the lands ofdelin-!< Client taxpayers this week. It is a inuchlj longer list than last year. The grand jury were very complimentary'' Lo Clerk Zelglor because of the neat appear-!; unce of his office. , Mu. \V. C. Bknet will deliver an address | before the Georgia Medical College 011 the first 1 ] it March. Editor E. B. Murray came to town Mon- ; I lay afternoon. He is engaged in a case in s Jourt. 1 Auditor Parks hns completed his grand ' rounds and is again in his office. Mr. John Knox has not yet sufficiently ! recovered to be at his store again. I Correspondents are asked to write no ill- 1 humored things of anybody. I Two o! Mr. J. H. Simmond's children are 1 juite sick of pneumonia. | Treasurer Perrin has been quite ill for j j more than a week. Mr. W. D. Mann's sons are still quite sick 1 >f pneumonia. j f Ont people are getting their gardens ready i( for the seeds. ^ Mr. Graydon's children are ailing from j lolds. ; Due West Items. Associate Reformed Presbyterian. 1 Fine weather for gardening. < Prof. Hood visited Greenwood last Saturday, j 1 Miss Tabbie Nance is teaching school neari' \ntrevllle. ( i Mr. Bell is better?Dr. and Mrs. Bell are still \1 n attendance. i| The "Hamburg Mosps" (Tillman) is findings nany followers in Pickens couuty. j j Prof. Lowry Is still sick. A speedy recovery i s wished fur liltn by his numerous friends. | The opening of the Wlllhunston Female Col-; cge oil the first of February whs very encour- i Milng. J The Kupheminn G'elcbraiion which was to j lave taken pluce on the 12th inst. has been I jostpoued. The stock-holders of the Newberry County | Agricultural Association are otlering the fair! grounds for sale. Miss Jennie Edwards reads the next essay j before tbe Literary Club. The Club will meet i it Mrs. Price's next lime. j Mr. F. I. Bell of this place has the contract; "or building a church at Barker's Creek. Ilis i .'at her, Mr. F. M. Bell, is assisting him. I Our young friend, W. L. Hood, son of our j townsman, Prof. Win, Hood, has a tine school i it Triangle, Laurens county. Miss Carter is issisting him. Each pupil is furnished with! i nice desk, and a large bell proclaims the i opening of school. | Mrs. J. O. Lindsay who has been at the bed- i sldeofher little grand-son, Willie Patrick! l'ennent. in Augusta, Ga., for seyeml week?, | returned on Monday. The little fellow died >n Saturday last, after many weeks of sutler-1 ingand pain. j Mr. E. H. Prather after a soiourn of several months in the Presbyterian office lelt last Sat- i urday. Mr. Prather was highly esteemed ?>y those associated with him in business, and his I Mends here were loth to pive him up. We! tiope to have him with us again. I Miss Annie Lathan, the accomplished Art! teacher in the Newberry High School has or-! imniml a clas? in drawing and painting at M Prosperity. Miss Lathan is the daughter ofji Rev. It. Jjiithan, D D., of this place. ' The Philonmthcan Society has elected Mr. I I. P. Knox to contest for the "best essayist" ! j in the Junior class In Erskine and .Mr. \V. G.!1 White to contest for the "best, declaiiner" in I' the Sophomore class, during Commencement-, jJ The executive committee of the State Agri- Je cultural Society which met in Charleston last '* week awarded to Mr. F. Lluseman, of Colum-,1 bin, a silver medal tor a line breech-loading j' shotgun of his own manufacture exhibited at I the last fair. |1 The Missionary Society meeting last Thurs- > day night wasquitcliiteiesting. Prof. McCain ' delivered an able address on the "Spirit of Missions." Quite a small audience in attend- , unce. i Itev. C. II. Prltchard spent, a while in town : J Monday. He is located at Doimalds and sup- .. plies both the Donnalds and Gilgal Methodist; { churclics. j J Dairy appliances are so much more conven- ' , lent now than in earlier days, that the labor !, is much reduced; the products are greatly |t improved and the profits are increased. ' Cream need not be churned on the day it is j < taken from the milk. It should be evenly J1 ripe betore it is put into the churn. 1 Butter tubs should be thoroughly cleaned < find then sonked in brine before butter is 11 packed in them. This will prevent the but-j ter from absorbing taint. From an economical standpoint, no family I < can aH'ord to do without a good Cushion paper.' i It will tell you how to make over the old t o j uood advantage; and instructed by it you enn i t enter a store filled with a confusing variety of ] pretty things, andselect Just the quantity and j, quality of material suited to your needs. j < A ercat many ladies could dress much more ' to their taste ii they could put the whole ex- ; pense into materials jnstend of reserving from ] a third to a half tor the dressmaker. With I the help of cut-paper patterns?kept by every j dry-goods house of any pretensions,?any 1 lady who has the time can make her own1: dicssea. tag?mea?uiwiiiif iMHiiniwfe?BBCTIMB UNDER A CEDAR BUSH. the body of a dead infant found in the suburbs of the town. The Testimony which Wfts Taken nt the Coroner's Inquest, Tuesday, February 10, 188G. Coroner James A. Rhilllto being informed yesterday 11 Kit the body of an inliintchlld had been found near town, proceeded to organize i inrv t,r iiinn.wi o? cniinws! J. M. Brooks. J. C, Marslmii, James King, Thomas McCJetiinan, W.S. Cothran, J. U. McDill.C. D. Allen, Mel.). Cater, J. \V. Martin, J. It. Glenn, Jno. U. Douglass. Jr., William L. Miller. Alter he&rinu the testimony, of which tlie following brief notes is all that is of record, the jury rendered a verdict that the child "came to his death from a cause unknown lo the jury." Mary Hughky, sworn,says: When 1 was coming from Mrs. Jones' yesterday evening, I saw something, 1 did not Itnow what it was. I told Jake White and his wile, and they told me to go on hack, and I went back with his boys. I saw the cloth. When I went back 1 uid not see anything more. Oruss Examined?The eloth was right bloody when 1 saw it. I tuld Jake White where it ivh8. Pkess Wiiite, sworn, snys : J never saw anything but something bloody in the gully, and was not very far ott*. I ran lo the house. I saw something which looked like a bloody shirt Lucius White, sworn, says: I saw something like a baby's dress, right >loody. It looked like a bloody shirt, and a woman's chemise on the bank of the gully. LiAUKA White, sworn, says: I don't know anything about, it except the children went over there and saw it, and ivhen they came back and told tne I went .here to see what it was. After I went there [ saw it was a baby. I called my husband and L.etty Crawford to see what I saw. Iacob White, sworn, says When the children came hack I told my ?.-> .r/? (111/1 CO/. U'li.jf llin fhilitrell lifift KPHI). My wile told me, yes, it was it baby, i went jver to the gull}* and looked ut it myself, and I saw it was a baby. I went, from there to llenry Leidie's liousc and told thnt I saw a jaby on the side of the gully. Henry and I .vetit to Mr. J. S. Hammond, and told him ibout it. Mr, Hammond told its to go back md take it to my house and he would see afcr it in the morning. I carried it to my louse. Liddia Crawford, sworn, says: Laura called me last night and told me to :ome here, and 1 went and saw the baby lyng 011 the side of the gully under a cedar lush. flenuy Thomas, sworn, says : Jacob White came to my bouse and told me here was a child down here, dead. I told lim we would go up to see Mr. Hammond. \lr. Hammond cold us to take it home until norning. I came and got it and wrapped It ip aud gave it to Jake White. ^ -i m INQUISITIVE SAILY PARKS. She Wants to Know who B, R, Tilman in, and what he Wants?>IIcr John Takes Down an OI(II Book and Knocks Til man's Statistics Into Pi. Ecitw Press and Banner : l'lease lei me ask you u few questions, my lear Misser Editor, for my poor head Is nearly turned from reading the piece called "The Partners' Fight," in your paper, which you nil tbp :?rd of frVbrmirv. ntiil wliiuh was the name H. It Tilman under it. My name is Sally Parks, who married John Parks in llie year that Sherman burnt Columbia, and, as my old man reads your paper, I ?e(s the chance to And out what's going on by reading the paper when lie gets through with it, and that's how I come to see that piece which I spoke about. 1 read that piece, and I read it,and the more I read it, and read about "Moses" and 'fartn>rs won't stick together, they are such Tools," and "misrule and robbery," and "banded with Dur enemies," and "cajole!y and misrepresentation," and "ridicule," the more I got mixed up, and linally says I to John: .John, Miys J, who is li. It. Tilman ? Now, Mister Editor, my John is what folks sail a quiet, easy going kind of a man, till lie ^ets started, then he's a whole team, lie Jou't talk much, so, when I a>ked liini that question, he justsaid, "Congressman." "L'on;ressman, John," says I, "where from ?" 'Edgefield," says he. "Why John'" says I, *11 lie's irom Edgefield, he must be a Democrat?" "Well, Sally" says he. sort o' dry. lie's a Democrat now. I reckon, but he wouldn't a been in 'the dark days of as the politicians always say in speakiin:, if lie liad wrote that piece then." "But. John," says I, "what does he want to be a 'Moses* in tho julrushes for?" "A what?" says Jolin, a squinting at me. "A 'Mos^s'," says I. "Dun110," says he. "And then, John,"says I, "who lues he mean when he says, 'we can continue >ur misrule and robbery ?' " "I du jno," says lohn. "Well," soys I, "he must be a talking ibnut somebody else. for, if he is a Democrat, ne would not talk that way about the folks low in office. Have we not elected our own jest men to office for nearly ten years? If there is 'misrule and robbery,' why don't, the people turn 'em out? Why don't he show ^vherethe 'misrule and robbery' comes in? Let him show them up, if he cau, and the udges are all Democrats, and good men." Wliile 1 was a talking John Just set there a iqulnting at me, and when I sorter stopped to ;atch breath, "Sallysays he, "what in thunier are ye talking about?" "About 'The farmers' Fight,' " says I, "what's printed in ,his here paper." "Let me see It," says he, ind there lie sat. and read and read, and the more he read, the redder he got, till I thought ie'd bust, and never said a word, but ouly ivh'stled like to himself. Well. John," says I, "what Is It ?" "Ofllce, sally, office 'Moses,''way out of the wilderjess,' 'even I can lead you out,"trustee,' '1 am i candidate,''the ring which dominates our State.' All them things, Sally, go lo make up i stump speech. You know stump speeches ire made by candidates. He says 'measures ind not men,' but I say men are necessary to jurry out 'measures,' and as the 'fellows' canlot vote fur 'old Nick himself,' why the natural consequence is, they wl.l vote for the next jest, man, not as'trustee of a real farmers' College,' because there Is no such office, but or the man who led them out of the pretended 'wilderness.' Agricultural Moses,' 'promsod land of office,''everything is possible to :he man who works and waits, even t he far meiv 'Governor, 'United States Senate.' I lell you, Sully, that's a capital stump speech :o be spoke, lint 1 would not like to write it lown. That about 'the tK),000 white voters' who make a living at farming, and 'who pay three fourths of the taxef' won't bear scrutiny. Just wait a minute, Sally, and I'll show you." Then John he goes to the shelf, and takes Jown a book, which lie got in Columbia 'Now you see, Sally, this book shows that all the lands and houses in the State are not worth more than eighty-seven million dollars together. it shows that the people who jwn property in the towns Jind cities pay tax?son nearly thirty millions of that, and It >hows that the railroad people alone pay taxw on over forty-seven millions of property, nearly as much as the farmers on their lands, >o how can the farmers pay 'three-fourths of [he taxes.' as to the 'CO,Out) while voters' who make a living at fanning, I can't see where they come from. I wish we had them, but we haven't. There is scarcely one million of men women and children in the State, and if you takethe doctors, and preachers, and lawyers* ind merchants, and all the other people who iun't make a living at farming, and who live in the cities and towns, and add to them the negro vote, where will the '60,000 white voters' ivlio make a living at farming tie? Ana an Ihat stmt' ubout. 'the ring that dominates our State,' and 'misrule' and 'robbery,' is just as Lhin as t'ie 'Ihrce-fourth of the Taxes,' business, and the farmers won't bite, even if the they are such fools,." So John lit his pipe and went about his busies*, but I was not satisfied in my own mind jeeause I can't believe Mister Editor that what that piece says is meant for our own louie folks that we have elected to hold oftiee ;o I thought I would write you this letter, and isk you if that piece means our own home 'oiks, for T know that you know all about it, uid will let me know nil about it, and set my loor heart at rest, and by so doing you will do i great lavor to your friend who signs herself, "SALLY PARKS." It seems strange that in this age of the ivorld. anybody should think of bringing up rirlswlthoutbaving them acquire some means >f self-support. And yet we oltcn nee a whole amily of girls who road a little and play a ittleanddo'a little family work and other .hings ubout. hall' way. blissfully unconscious )f any ability to earn a cent, even if they ,vere starving. They are expected to get marked, but are not eveu taught housekeeping md sewing. Oh, what recklessness for their uture happiness and prosperity! No girl's jducation is "finished" till she has n thorough cnowledtreof some trade or business which ,vi 11 enable her to support herself. And she an't. be even a lady in the best sense without iliat ability. When your cane-seat chairs begin to wear >ut, mend the break the best you can by weaving in cords, or If very bad, replace with i piece of canvas securely tacked on; put on a generous layer of cotton batting or ctirled liair, and cover with a piece *f any kind of upholstery goods, an embroidered pattern, jrazy patchwork, or a large "log-cabin" block. Finish the edge with furniture gimp, and Fringe if desired. The back may be finished with a similar panel. The best yields of milk will be obtained If the cows are allowed, quietly, to eat their meals, during the milking, free from uoise and disturbances of any kind. WELCOME DOTS FROM A NEW SOURCE. IiOwnilesville'N Rcnnty ? Loniidenville'a Scliools?IiOwndeHvlllc's Improvcments-I/on'Uflesville'M Church A flairs. Lownbksvillr, Fob. 15,1S8G. Miss Ettie Baker is visiting friends and relatives in Elberton, Ga. Miss Lola Speer left this morning for Columbia Female College her many friends re grei to eivc her up, oven for a short while. The Methodists of this place are delighted with their new pastor, Rev. Auld, and his family. Our wide-awake school teacher, Mr. J. B. Franks, has a flourishing school of about thirty pupils. We bespeak for him a still more liberal patronage, and feel assured that parents who trust their children to his care will not be disappointed. The handsome dwelling Mr. J. T. Latimer has been engaged in erecting for some time past is nearing completion, and Is certainly an ornament to the place. Dr. 0. It. Horton is building a residence near the Hap list ehurnh, and Mr. T. Baker is having the masonic hall thoroughly repaired. We are clad to note these improvements. The Methodist held their first Quarterly Conference here on last Saturday and Hunday, Kev. R. D. Smart presldiug. There was old fashioned love-feast on Sunday morning, and nflor a more excellent sermon by the Presiding Elder the sacrament was administered. II. Items About 9finety>8ix. Ninety-Six, Feb. 15,18S0. Miss Sophia Chappnll, of Newberry, has returned home after a short visit to her sister Mrs. B. B. Ivinard. Capt. Jame6 N. King is busy now repairing and i>uilding bridges for the county. The County Commissioners say he does s:ood and honest work, and just such men ouly should be employed. The work of grading the Narrow Gauge will commence 011 the first of March. The line from Ninety-Six to Ware's Shoals will be let out on the 25th instant, will begin promptly. Capt Kirk says this line can and will be eraddd inside of two months. Mra .Titmrxa Ui-htim-k. .Tr.. Is vIslMnc her hrnth er. Mr. G. M. Walker, in Columbia. Messrs. 11. J. Kinard, A. S. Osborne and R. F. McCaslan were jurors for the second week of tbo term of court. Messrs. We nek & Osborne have moved into their new xtorn. It is one of ine handsomest and best arranged drug stores in the up-country. Our Narrow Gauge Railroad office is No. 2, Miller Block, where Mr. F. M. Pope, the secretary unci treasurer, will be glad to see all the friends of the enterprise. It is about time S. I\ B. was getting that "memorable wheelbarrow" ready, if lie don't need it in digging "the canal." Messrs J. S. Wilson and A. B. Still paid a visit to Augusta lust week. We are not udvisfd as to whether they bought it or not. Mr. John Pinson and Miss Mamie Dukes of Cow Grove, were married last week. We wish them much Joy, and trust their Journey through life may be pleasant. Capt. William Smith, of Chnppcll's, was up lust week on business. His many friends were glad to sec him. Mrs. II. H. Coleman and her two beautiful! little daughters from New Market were in town last week visiting friends. Mrs. J. r. Phillips Is absent vlsitlns: her parents, the Rev. W. H. Law ton and lamlly, of Orangeburg. Capt, M. It. Lipscomb, U. S. Deputy Marshal of Newberry county, paid Ninety-Six a visit recently. His friends were all glad to sen him. Mr. G. H. Lcland who hns been assistant agent at the Columbia and Greenville depot has resigned, and Mr. Eugene Lipscomb has bei*n appointed in his placc. Mr. K. S. Addison paid Mr. E. Y. Sheppard $201) for the pair of Norman stallion colts mentioned last week. They are tine colts and Mr. Addison expects to work them to harness as soon as they are old enough. NinetySix is going to the front rapidly, especially in the matter of improved and thoroughbred stock. Mr. Henry Leland, of McClellansvllle, S. C., is visiting friends in Ninety-Six. Onr people were not surprised at the result of the Ferguson trial. The trial will and should be removed to another county. It is all a farce to expend the people's money every court. About twenty head ol stock sold on the public square last Satuiday. If you have a noise or cow to sell It will always bring Its full value at auction here of a Saturday. ing in your slock if you want to sell them. BCapt. Jackson attended a Valentine Ball at Laurens CourtJHouse and t hey say the old gentleman skipped around like a man of fifty, getting young in his old day*. Mr. J. W. Calhoun is in town in the interest of the Valley Mills Life Insurance Company. Col. J. P. Phillips left last.Saturday to visit friends in the "low country." Mr. R. P. Holloway, of Edgefield, was in town this week after guano. Mr. Holloway is a progressive farmer. The Rev. Mr. Mendors preached a fine discourse at the Methodist church on la-t Sabbath. Mr. Meadors Is a fine preacher and the people of Ninety-Six are much pleased with him. Mr. James H. Rice who has been indisposed Is out again we are glad to say. We have Just s?en an order from the Superintendent of the Columbia and Greenville Railroad stating that In the future no extra trains will be run from this place to Abbeville for the convenience of persons attending court. This Is queer, and another argument in favor of the new county. We noticed a short paragraph in the Grcenwood Light a short time back, exhortiug the people to talk up their town. This is right; a citizen who will go back on his own town will sooner or later go back on himself. 80 we say, Hurrah for Ninety-Six and the Narrow Gauge Railroad. Mr. C. P. Roberts and Mr. W. L. Anderson, Jr., have the entire guano trade in their hands at this place this year. Well, they are good and reliable gentleman, and you can de pond upon anything they tell you Hbout their fertilizers. EAST END. Greenwood Dots. Greenwood, S. C., February, 15 188G. Mules, corn and bacon, are in great demand. Ten car loads of corn were received here last Friday. One of our merchants has sold about Seventy live thousand pounds of bacon this year. Conductor Waldon and family of Augusta, have moved to Greenwood, and will occupy the Minor house. John Millwee is now bnggnge ma3ter, on the accommodation traiu from Augusta to this place. Several of our young ladles and gentlemen attended the .St. Valentine's Jlall at Laurens U. H., ou the evening of 12th. They report a splendid time. We understand that sweet potatoes sold at a public sale in Lauiens county, at live cents per bushel. A diflicuity between Giis Walker and Charley Arnold, (both colored) resulted in llie lormer being severely cut, and the latter can readily testify as to the weight of a smooth ing iron. Uipt. J.T. White, of Verdrey was in Town last week looking after seed oats. lie lost SI) acres by tlie ireeze. Jir.'i. \V. Morton, sold 33 bales of cotton here Inst week. He is one of the few young tanners of Abbeville who is making money. Our fanners are enthused on tlie subject of having their lauds terraced. We hear Prof. J. K% Blake does not approve of it altogether and will probably give his views to the public at an early day. Grecnwoeu is otrering such great, inducements that farmers ironi below Ninety-Six above Hodges Depot and Cokesbury, are doing their trading here. This doe.-, not look much like "Greenwood being a way side station*" Mr. Stan B. Marshall has just returned from Florida and reports that his orange grove was not iujured during the cold spell. The lien tiade was very brisk .Suturday, one merchant bus already taken leins to the amount of S3,U0l). Mrs. Chappell from near Ninety-Six 1ms luvt. hrtd n. mire cot.liiu-f? romnlft.i'fl on Church street tuid moved to town Just week. We know that sue and lier accomplished daughter will be a great acquisition to Greenwood. Foster Cromer bought a line horse from Messrs. llurtzog & Hays lost week and says. "I scads I am Ruing u> have a wile now." Col. C. C. Law of Stoncy Point lost his wine-house by lire on Wednesday night. It contained six hundred gallons of wine and his loss is estimated at ?l,2U0. No insurance. It is thought his wine was stolen, and the house then set on lire. This is the sixth tire that has occurded in this vicinity within the last twelve months. When the young men in Coronaca buy wine, they have quite a novel way of getting it home. They use kerosene cans. Mrs. Dr. J. O. Lindsay of JDuo West spent several hours with lrlends in Greenwood hist Monday on her way homo from Augusta. She hfid been at the bed-side ol' 11 little grandson Willie Tenneul, who died on the 6th inst., alter a long illness. Y. Z. Grkenwood, February, 16,1586. "We announced in our last locals that Greenwood would soon organize a Building and Loan Association, and true to their spirit of enterprise our citizens met In Mr. J. W. Payne's store on Saturday night to make neeessa ry ar ran gem en t s. Jos. Johnson i?sq. Solicitor of the Laurens Association was In vited to be present, and explain the working of these associations. Mr. Johnson's address was verv satisfactory, and it was thought best not to organize before next Friday night. A committee consisting of Dr. J. C. Maxwell, T. F. Ri'ey, J. T. Simmons. J. W. Greene, and J. W. Payne was appointed to prepare a constitution and by-laws to present at the next meeting. The show here last night consisting of an Indian, monkey, and a lew white men was a complete humbug. Y. Z. A Picture. Ah, sad are they wtio kjiow hot life, Hut far from passi.bn's tears and smiles Drift down a moot)lens sea beyond The silvery coast of fairy isles. And sadder they whose longing lips Kiss empty air and never touch The dear, warm rhpi\th of those they love : Waiting, wustllig, feulTering much. But clear as amber, fine ns musk, Is life to those who pilgrim wise Move band In band from dawn to duskEach morning nearer PnrutoiSe.'*Oh, not for them shall angels pray,' They stand in ever astlng light: They Walk in Allah's smiles by day And nestle In Ills heart by night. If vou want a good ltfeech loading shot gun at New Yofk coat, crill on P. Rosenberg & Co. A small amonnt irivested In window glass and prepared putty Will mnkc your houses much more comfortable for the winter. Glass cut to fit any snsii by Speed & Neuffer. 12-9. Always on hand, a large lot of white load, prepared paints, linseed oil, paint brushes, which you can buy in any quantity from Speed A Neutler. 12-9. Jewelry! Jewelry!! For holiday presents. Just received a most beautiful assortment of ladles scarf pins, baligle pins, bracelets, necklaces. ear drops, lnce pins, oxydlzed pins, Makado's infant bib pins. Infants pet name pins. These are the handsomest and best goods \ye have ever shown, Ri M. HADDON & CO. 12-2 Another large lot children's and Misses hose at 10 ccnts, Worth from lu cents to40 cents at R. M. Haddon & Co's. Now is your time to gpt a good breech loading shot gun at New York cost. P. Rosenberg a Co. MARlllED. MARRIED, Feb. 4,18J6. by the Rev. W. P. Mcndnrs, Mr. J. W.PINSON to Miss MAMIE DUKES. MARRIED, Thursday morning, February 11,18-Mfl, at Monterey. by Rev. H. C. Fennel,Mr. W. W. WILSON to Miss ELLA BELL. CONSIGNEES. i T??nvnfl(i?n Inhnsnn .T TT! Prrnvnleo. IV R. Onviey d* Co.. J. W. Leslie, F. A. Rodges. 1 Freight?Walter Jackson, T. L. Haddon, T. ! P. Pascall 11/ 0. MCAdams. Dr.~G.~A." NEUFFER, Physician and Surgeon, ABBEVILLE, S. C. Feb. 17, 1886. ly ~~ WARNING -TOHawkers and Peddle! s. I^HE Board of County Comm'ssioners have resolved, after this date, to require the strict, enforcement oi the law requiring hawkers and peddlers to procure a license from the Clerk of the Court before selling their wares. D. L. MABRY, Clerk B. C. C. Feb. 11, 1886. NOTICE. Delinquent Land Sales. IN accordance with A. A. 1870, No. 664, Sec. 11,1 hereby publinh the list of Delinquent Lands of Abbeville County, aRreturned to me by the County Treasurer for the fiscal year 1S84-83. 1 ... 1 i?. . 1 1 . O 1 KAMK OF DE-la. w ' ti 5 2 " !- i" c ^ c 2 LIXQUENT. |j ,.1-j ? B ? % 5sl ?l=i5 B * 3 X! OtOZ.Q O O C3 H j < S iM > } h H H R' ^onl"!!^.". lj J j 1 8 500 S jg 500 $10 50 Mrdre\VR."!V"." 1300 ... ... 1 oooj 20<) 1 700 27 H9 P Epstein 1! 1 200 200 6 37 Mrs. M. A. Pin ! 8011 ; 1,100 400 400 0 21 Ann Wardlow ll 17 fiO 50 130 o 44 Andrew Ar* | nold 2 1 1 100 25 12o 6 51 R. L. McPherpod 2 9S 450 280 730 13 84 Mrs. A. E. ! Harvey... 3 100 1 ... M0 210 1110 lft 70 Eli Starke 4 1 1 300; 3gn 7 4S Rena Youne.. 5| 3 1|... oO 50; 4 00 J. R. Kay 7,200 ...I... 6,i0 650; 11 95 J. Kellar 7 16: lj... 125 125 250 i 6 45 i \V. G. Kennc-' I I ! dy S| I ] 1 1/0 70 ?>'?; t> SU Mrs. J. Rush.. 8'300i {'00 OOOj 1G 25 <5. W. Abney.. 1 1 130 200 330 j 8 8H C Brown 9 11 50 15 . 65 4 02 G. W. Bush & Co 9 1 1 100 300 400 9 95 Dr. J. \V. Cai- I houn 9' 1 1 600 600; 11 /0 M Cox 0| fi? ... ... 250: 250 6 57 J. McCain fli 30 ... 3 400! 400; 8 C2 Ii. H. Porrln... 9l 1 1 200 200; 5 87 A. T. Pressley 9j 1 150 325 485; 10 97 Est E. O. Ilea- n mi_ pan 9 10 1 ?. 250' 2-jO 6 75 Est. Sallie I Smith 9 81 1 .? 40! 40 3 36 Mrs. M. J. | I Dorn 9i 72i... 300 360 7 2o Edruond | Brown 10' 02!... ... 310 70 380 9 35 Ellz. Jessup... 10; 70i 1 ... 325 32>| 6 35 Mrs. E. Link.. lOjlOO 1 ... 4IK) 400i 8 50 Charles Winn 10: 14 1 ... 50; 80 130; 4 65 Thos Rrtinageillj 1 1 75 50 125. 5 68 W. B. Tote |12:307 1 100; 1 1001 18 53 Mrs. E. Beas- | I ley 13 25! 100 100 5 15 Mrs. M. F. | | I Johnson ..!l4:40f)| 1 ... 1 490i 275 1 765i 27 80 R. A. Starke... 15|125 1 ... 400, 130: 530; 10 48 R. W.McCau- I I | non IIS! 151 1 ... 125 50 175 5 70 Charles Can tyjl6, 1 100, 10 110, 6 22 Ciesar Free-; I i man 16; 13 50,215 2Boj 7 00 L.P. LudwlckllO! 1 100; 100, 4 80 MasonParker 161 10 55 55! 4 05 M.M.S?ndersjl?|...J 1 1 150 150 6 77 Sanders andj ? Brown 116 1 1 350 50 400 9 02 A. A. St??wnrt|lG| ... 1 100 100 4 89 Misses WliiteilOi 30; 120 10 130! 5 16 W. R. Whit- ' I J taker W 2!... 2 200 1 200! 7 30 Savannah Valley R. R. Tax Delinquents. Mrs. E. Beos-' | FT"] I i j ley 13; 25!...'... 3 100,$ S 100,5 4 95 Mrs. M. F.j j I j Johnson ..!l4-lOO! li...i 1 490 275: 1 765! 24 55 R. W. McCan-i III I noil *151 15; lL. 125 5ft! 175 5 00 It. A Starke... 115:125; l'... 400.1.10' 530 9 50 Charles Canty 16. 1 1001 10! 110 4 C7 Ccesnr Free-; 1 man ,16 13 | CO, 215 265-. 6 00 Tj. P. Ludwick 10 ...11 100: I 100, 4 60 M.M.Sanders 16 Il l 150, I 150> 5 13 Sanders and | |M Brown 16 1 1 1| 3",0i 501 4001 8 Off A. A. Stewart 16' '...j 1 100! I 100 4 60 MasonParker 16' lOj... ... 45| S5 100? 4 CO Misses White 16: 30 120| 10 ISO: 4 95 W. R. Whit- I j taker -16: I...I 2 200| j 200;_5 85 Notice is hereby given that Ihewhole of the several parcels, lots and p.\rts of lots of Real Estate described in the foregoing list, or so much thereof as will be necessary to pay the taxes, penalties and assessments charged thereon, will be sold by the Treasurer of Abbeville county 011 MONDAY, the 1st day of MAKUil next, unless saici tuxes, assessments and penalties are paid before that time. Said sale to be continued from day to day un til each tract, parcel or lot is sold or oflered for suie. J. T. PARKS, County Auditor. Feb. 17, 1SSG. 2t " Well Boring. TIIE undersigned with his large 19 inch i auger, and the doubleglnzed Term Cotla curbing can put you up a well that will last forages, at one half the price of dug wells. He uses the ordinary size wood bucket for drawing water. The cleaning out of these wells is the work of a nilnnte, by keeping a tin bucket in bottom of well to be hooked out at will. He also lias the agency for Abbeville county for the celebrated Porcelain llucd Cucumber Pump, which he can furuish and put in at less than Factory prices for a single pump. CHAS. >1. CALHOUN. Greenwood, S. C., Jan. 14, 1884. lyr Saddle Blankets. TUST RECEIVED, a lot of Saddle Blankets, tJ which I will sell cheap. TIIOS. BEGGS, I Sert. 00,1S63. v - 3: ?: IF TOtT WANT M Sash, Doors, Blinds, Shingles, 1 MOULDINGS, LATHS, Xiime, Cement and | BARBED FENCE WIRE, J CALL ON" ;Sf? B. K. BEACHAM, AGENT, f| ABBEVILLE C. E., S. C. VM July 22, 1885. if , WHITE BROTHERS 1 Would call the attention of Buyers to a few Specialties. g-g 1 J IJ >;Sii Their stock ^f dress goods is unusually large and attractive They have the cheapest line of BI^ACK.SILKS they have ever offered. Thoy have al?o ' some handsome COLORED SILKS. They have a good assortment of BLACK AND COLOKj ED VELVETEENS, for dresses and trimming*; They have a nice line of WOOL LACES -a Ws all colors, the latest thing for trimming. Their stock of BLACK CASHMERES Cannot be Surpassed! They have bestowed unusual care in the selectiou of these poods, and are assured they are all right in regard to color, quality and price; A good Hne of JERSEY JACKETS} cheaper i than ever before. It would astonish any one to see HOW VEBY CHEAP FLANNELS and BLANKETS are this season. Buyers in this line would do well to exarti ine the stock of WHITE BROTHERS. Carpets are so very cheap that they are in tM reach ot all. A good assortment of CARPETS and RUGS can be found at the store of White Brothers^ The above are only a few Hues in which jam SPECIAL BARGAINS CAN BE HAD. ||| The gerternl stock of FALL and WINTER GOODS now offered to the public by tWEUT# BROTHERS is the largest, best assorted and most attractive they bave ever carried. It is Complete m all IJepartments* . September 30, 18S5. LEADERS OF LOW PRICES. Im J. K. DURST & CO., jl GREBKTWOOD, S. O, - J Having moved into our handsome and commodious new btoBES, we ' $ are prepared to offer THE LARGEST, BEdT AND CHEAPEST STOCK OF GENERAL MERCHANDISE'?f 11 ever shown in Abbeville County. Our stock consists of a fall line ' Dry Goods and Notions, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hats ^ and Caps, Hardware, Groceries, &c. Which we propose to sell at BOTTOM PRICES. Wc beep no shoddy Roods for advertislaf?* ' and allow no misrepresentations. All we ?isk Is a trial. We guarantee satisfaction. Our apecial freight rates give us advantages over our neighbors. iVEerohants Supplied at J"obbers !Prices. J. K. DURST & CO., Greenwood, S. C. ;;Jll Nov. 4,1S85,3m H. W. UWM k (1 j Are again Receiving Their Stock of Holiday Goods, !! Every thing Suitable for a Xmas Present or.^8 Santa Claus. Guest cups and saucers in limoges, French and German CHINA. TEASES in CHINA, GLASS and BOHEMIAN WARE, all the latest shapes. .-kIw JgPERGNES and COLOGNE SETS in plain and bohemian glass. rpoy tea sets in CHINA, BRITANIA and TIN. '-Wi JjMNE CHINA CUPS, SAUCERS AND PLATES in sets. Finely decorated ciiina flower pots. China pitchers and ornaments. ,-vM ^XRNAMeStS AND STATUETTES in BISC WARE. CHINA MUSH and MILK SETS. 'M ,;| QIGAR STANDS in CIIINA and LAVA WARE. 1 n r' i c r.1 f : ? ll r t tv a t t tp t tad t Ii< a th.?!} LAOIjO ill ? tllJU AUUiVrtl^lV A-j X~a ik x. liiJiti j ' 4 CHINA FJRUIT PLATES and SAUCERS. ' o| JjMREWORKS. ROMAN CANDLES, CRACKERS, AC. DOLLS iti the Greatest Profusion, CHINA, CHINA SURBED, WA~X, BISU, RUBBER, and every other kind. Dressed and Undressed. DOLL HEADS in WAX and BISC. J^UBRER GOODS all kinds, DOLLS, RATTLERS, RI^TGS, Ac. ITIOYS ! TOYS ! ! TOYS !!! All the now TOYS, nearly eyery kind made.ALBUMS. AUTOGRAPH and PHOTOGRAPH, all the latest style bindings J in RUSSIA LEATHER, PAPER and ALLIGATOR SKIN. ' . ? PICTURE FRAMES for OABINER SIZE PICTURES foom >1.50 to ?12.00 u per pair. BOOKS. HOLIDAY BOOKS of all kinds. r" - * "\7~MAS CARDS, all Pranks latest styles. "Y^JS have erery thing for Christmas. Come and see our JERSEY COW. II. TV. LAWSON & CO. } Not,-.' 25, 1SS5. if